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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"MacFarland, Heather" <<a href="mailto:hmacfarl@med.umich.edu">hmacfarl@med.umich.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: U Michigan - STEP Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">December 11, 2019 at 4:19:08 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The University of Michigan Short Term Education Program (STEP) towards Digestive and Metabolic Physiology supports undergraduate students from engineering, computational sciences, mathematics or other quantitative backgrounds to apply their
expertise to research relevant to digestive and metabolic physiology and associated diseases. We are very proud of our training record: 100% of the students who participated in two summers have published at least an original research paper, and over 85% of
our fellows who have finished their undergraduate degree are attending graduate or medical schools. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Students currently enrolled at any degree granting university or college are eligible to apply, with preference give to those students interested in a career in research. 2020 will be $4,200, pre-tax, for twelve weeks of full-time work
from May 26 to August 14. The start and end date of the fellowship may be changed to accommodate overlap with academic year at home institution, if necessary. The laboratory hands-on research is completed with a weekly seminar series with presentations on
responsible conduct of research, career advice and coaching, and how loss of physiological regulation leads to digestive and metabolic diseases. There will be a research forum at the end of the summer in which fellows will present their work, as well as opportunities
to attend research seminars throughout the summer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would be very grateful if you could strongly encourage the undergraduate students in your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Computational Biology</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>program to apply to our summer
fellowship program. If you feel that students in other areas of your department or other departments within your university would be suited to this opportunity, we would welcome you sending the announcement on to those departments. Further details and application
materials are available from the fellowship website:<a href="https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/molecular-integrative-physiology/education/undergraduate-opportunities/short-term-educational-program-step-towards-digestive-metabolic-physiology"><span style="color:#954F72">https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/molecular-integrative-physiology/education/undergraduate-opportunities/short-term-educational-program-step-towards-digestive-metabolic-physiology</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for applications is February 3, 2020. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heather<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heather A. MacFarland<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Michigan Medical School<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(phone) 734-647-9393<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(fax) 734-936-8813<o:p></o:p></p>
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